Countries
Ukraine
  
Belarus, Poland
  
National Language
Ukraine
  
Belarus, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Russian and Ukrainian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
dobry dzień
  
Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
Dziakuj
  
How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Jak vy ?
  
Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Dabranač
  
Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Dobry viečar
  
Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
dobry dzień
  
Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Dobraj ranicy
  
Please
будь ласк
  
Kali laska
  
Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
da pabačennia
  
I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
JA liubliu ciabie
  
Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Vybačajcie
  
Dialect 1
Podillian
  
North-Eastern Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
North-East Belarus
  
Dialect 2
Volynian
  
South-Western Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn
  
South-West Belarus
  
Dialect 3
Steppe
  
Middle Belarusian
  
Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
Middle Belarus
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
9.63 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
39.00 million
  
25
7.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.89 million
  
26
Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
  
French Name
ukrainien
  
biélorusse
  
German Name
Ukrainisch
  
Weißrussisch
  
Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Ukrainians
  
Belarusians
  
Origin
1561
  
18th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Eastern
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Old East Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian
  
Belarusian
  
Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uk
  
be
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ukr
  
bel
  
ISO 639 2/B
ukr
  
bel
  
ISO 639 3
ukr
  
bel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ukra1253
  
bela1254
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Ukrainian and Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ukrainian and Belarusian language. Ukrainian word for "Hello" is Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Ukrainian Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Ukrainian vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Ukrainian vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ukrainian Alphabets and Belarusian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Ukrainian and Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ukrainian and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ukrainian is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.